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This is a list of
University of Ottawa people.
Notable people
Athletes and leaders in sports
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Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the
Israeli Premier League and for the
Nigerian national basketball team
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James Cartwright,
Olympic athlete (
kayak)
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Michael A. Chambers, former president of the
Canadian Olympic Committee and
Olympic Order recipient
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Sonia Denoncourt, association football referee
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Doug Falconer,
CFL football player, film producer
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Lou Lefaive, Canadian sports administrator and civil servant
[1]
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Neil Lumsden, CFL football player
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Sherraine MacKay, Olympic athlete (
épée
fencing)
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Silver Quilty, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee
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Brad Sinopoli, CFL football player
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Charles Thiffault (born 1939), NHL ice hockey coach
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Ibrahim Tounkara, CFL football player
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Ousmane Tounkara, CFL football player
Business leaders
Civil servants and public sector leaders
Journalists
Jurists
Musicians
Media personalities
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George Aryee, Director General of the
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1991–1992)
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Randall Dark, director, producer, and HDTV pioneer
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Erica Ehm, television personality and songwriter, former
MuchMusic VJ
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Jeanette Jenkins,
Hollywood
fitness trainer, spokeswoman for
BET's Television foundation, "A Healthy BET Campaign"
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Suzanne Pinel, children's entertainer (
Marie-Soleil)
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Quddus,
model,
MTV VJ
Natural scientists and engineers
Physicians and other health care professionals
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Mark Aubry, Chief Medical Officer of Hockey Canada, and the International Ice Hockey Federation
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Anna Baranowsky, clinical psychologist; founder and CEO of the Traumatology Institute
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Margaret Beznak, physiologist
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Walter Douglas Boyd, cardiothoracic surgeon and innovator, developed minimally invasive robotic cardiac surgery and cardiac regeneration procedures
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Dave Holmes, University Research Chair in Forensic Nursing; Editor-in-Chief of Aporia – the Nursing Journal
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Wilbert Joseph Keon, cardiovascular surgeon, first
Canadian to implant an
artificial heart in a human
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Padmaja Subbarao, respirologist and scientist in physiology and experimental medicine
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Philip Steven Wells, hematologist, developed the Wells risk score for
pulmonary embolism and
deep vein thrombosis
Political leaders
Federal and international
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Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Bernard Chidzero, former Finance Minister of Zimbabwe
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Ousainou Darboe, former
Vice-President of the Gambia
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Greg Fergus, 38th Speaker of the House of Commons,
Member of Parliament
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Salter Hayden, Senator and lawyer
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Rahim Jaffer, former Canadian
Member of Parliament
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John Manley, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
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Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
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Gabriela Michetti, former Vice President of Argentina
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Sir Edward Morris, former Prime Minister of
Newfoundland
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André Ouellet, former Minister and CEO and president of
Canada Post
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Jean-Luc Pepin, politician, Cabinet minister
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John Richardson,
Brigadier General in the
Canadian Forces and
Member of Parliament
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Allan Rock, former
Minister of Justice, among other ministerial portfolios, Canadian Ambassador to the
United Nations, President of the University of Ottawa
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Hugh Segal, politician and
Senator
Provincial & Territorial
Municipal
Social scientists
Visual artists
Writers and literature experts
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Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo,
Ivoirian poet
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Michel Bock, professor of history, Governor General's literary award winner
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Michel Marc Bouchard, playwright
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Cyril Dabydeen, author and Professor of English
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Andrew Donskov, professor of modern languages,
Tolstoy expert
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Faisal Kutty, lawyer, writer, human rights activist, academic teaching at
Osgoode Hall Law School and at
Valparaiso University
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Angela Narth, children's author
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Carol Shields,
Pulitzer Prize–winning writer
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Kim Renders (BA in drama 1977), playwright, theatre director and actor; co-founder of
Nightwood Theatre
[8]
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Christl Verduyn, professor of
English Literature and
Canadian Studies; recipient of the
Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies (2006)
Other
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Cihan Erdal, PhD student of Anthropology detained in Turkey by the government
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Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged
al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
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Ahmed Khadr, alleged by Canada and the United States of being a "senior associate" and financier of al-Qaeda killed in Afghanistan in 2003
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Denis Rancourt, former physics professor, scientist, academic dissident
Chancellors and presidents
List of chancellors
(1889–1965)
University of Ottawa
(1965–present)
University of Ottawa (reorganised)
List of presidents
(1848–1861)
Le Collège de Bytown / The College of Bytown
(1861–1889)
Collège d'Ottawa / College of Ottawa
(1889–1965)
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
- 1889–1898
James McGuckin, OMI
- 1898–1901
Henri-Antoine Constantineau, OMI
- 1901–1905
Joseph-Édouard Émery, OMI
- 1905–1911
William Murphy, OMI
- 1911–1914
Adrien-Bruno Roy, OMI
- 1914–1915
Henri Gervais, OMI
- 1915–1921
Louis Rhéaume, OMI
- 1921–1927
François-Xavier Marcotte, OMI
- 1927–1930
Uldéric Robert, OMI
- 1930–1936
Gilles Marchand, OMI
- 1936–1942
Joseph Hébert, OMI
- 1942–1946
Philippe Cornellier, OMI
- 1946–1952
Jean-Charles LaFramboise, OMI
- 1952–1958
Rodrigue Normandin, OMI
- 1958–1964
Henri-F. Légaré, OMI
- 1964–1965
Roger Guindon, OMI
(1965–present)
Université d'Ottawa (nouvelle structure) / University of Ottawa (reorganised)
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"Leading fiber optics researcher Dr. Xiaoyi Bao to receive honorary degree | UNews". www.uleth.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
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"Art Metropole / Lament of the Sugar Bush Man (1987)". Art Metropole. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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^ Nothof, Anne.
"Renders, Kim". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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^ Deer, Ka’nhehsí:io (2 July 2022).
"Algonquin Elder Claudette Commanda appointed chancellor at University of Ottawa". CBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2023.